Advocating family-directed after-death care, including home vigils and green burial choices.
MTN founding member Linda Bergh alerted us to this wonderful short video by Death with Dignity advocate and hospice physician Bruce Wilson, who is facing his own death from pancreatic cancer.
March 10, 2015, 7-9 p.m., at the home of Nancy Manahan and Becky Bohan, 21 East Rustic Lodge Ave, Minneapolis
A helpful new tool, the Personal Self-Assessment Scale (PSAS), will be available at the meeting. This simple one-page chart can 1) clarify your wishes, 2) guide your choice of a health care agent (not necessarily your spouse or child), and 3) provide an easy opening for The Conversation with loved ones. It also can help you be more prepared and competent when someone you love is dying.
Although we can fill out an advanced directive by ourselves, MTN members find that working in community allows us to hear other points of view and find more clarity for our own questions.
A free Personal Self-Assessment Scale, created by emergency room physician Monica Williams-Murphy, M.D., author of It’s Ok to Die, is available at the It’s OK to Die website.
For short videos of people making end-of-life decisions and having thoughtful conversations with their loved ones, visit Honoring Choices Minnesota.
Next MTN meeting April 30, 2012, at Nancy & Becky’s home, 7-9pm. 21 E. Rustic Lodge Av. Minneapolis 55419. Discussion of advanced directives and more. Bring you own directive, see other formats, be inspired to complete or update this important step in end-of-life planning.
Welcome to newcomers!
Hybrid cemetery in Brooklyn Center now certified by Green Burial Council – another option for natural burial in the Twin Cities. Mound Cemetery
Advance Directives: If you have one, bring it along to help others. If not, you may get some ideas and perhaps be motivated to complete this important end-of-life planning.
End-of-life stories
Heather Halen and Rep. Carolyn Laine’s March 9, 2012, presentation to the U of M School of Mortuary Science. Last month’s meeting at Aslan Institute.
New helpful website: afinefarewell.com
At Nancy & Becky´s home: 21 Rustic Lodge E, Mpls, 55419 — 7 to 9pm
